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Saturday, March 13,
2010
8:00 p.m.
Aetna Theater, Wadsworth Atheneum
Museum of Art
Opening Night |
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GEFILTE FISH
Connecticut Premiere
Israel, 2008, 10 minutes, Hebrew
with English subtitles
Director: Shelly Kling-Yosef |
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This adorable short
finds a charming Jewish bride torn
between her family’s pre-nuptial
tradition of killing and cooking
gefilte fish versus her growing
sympathy for the live carp splashing
around in her bathtub. Will she show
mercy or go through with the
traditional pre-wedding feast? This
universally-appealing fish story
bubbles with humor, romance and fun.
Gala Opening Night Reception Follows
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HELLO GOODBYE
Connecticut Premiere
France, 2008, 95
minutes, French and Hebrew with
English subtitles
Director: Graham Guit
Immediately
following film Gefilte Fish
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Legendary French
actors Gérard Depardieu (Cyrano
de Bergerac) and Fanny Ardant (The
Secrets) reunite in this
romantic comedy about the
misadventures of a Jewish Parisian
couple. Alain is a successful
gynecologist, and Gisèle, who
converted when they married, is
charming and beautiful. They enjoy a
comfortable life—until their only
son announces plans to marry a
Catholic girl. Facing an empty nest
and midlife crisis, they leave their
posh home in Paris and travel to
Israel in search of their neglected
Jewish roots. In opting for a fresh
start in the Land of Milk and Honey,
some of their plans turn sour, and
their relationship is soon put to
the test. |
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Sunday, March 14,
3:00 p.m.
Herbert Gilman Theater, Mandell JCC |
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SOMETHING FROM NOTHING
New! Family Flicks
USA, 1999, 23 minutes, English,
Animated film based on the
book by Phoebe Gilman
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Something From Nothing (click
here)
Children's Opera
Jewish Ledger 2/19/10 |
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This animated tale is
based on the popular PJ Library
selection, Something From Nothing
and tells the story of a young boy,
his grandfather, a magic blanket,
and a lucky mouse. The time-honored
tale celebrates Jewish culture and
tradition. |
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SOME-THING FROM NO-THING
An Opera for Children
Original dialogue by Amy Fellner
Dominy
Music arranged by Jody Rockmaker
Immediately following film
Something From Nothing
This new children’s
opera is based upon the beloved
Yiddish folk tale Epes Fun
Gornisht. A child receives a
blanket at birth that is transformed
throughout his life into a coat,
vest, scarf, hat and finally a
button. It is recycled until it
finally exists only in his memory.
The live children’s opera features
re-orchestrations of popular Yiddish
melodies by Dr. Jody Rockmaker, an
accomplished Jewish composer at the
Arizona State University School of
Music. Humorous original English
dialogue by playwright Amy Fellner
Dominy and the performances of four
actor/singers from Arizona State
University will delight children and
adults alike. The
film and children’s opera is
presented by the Mandell JCC and the
Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic
Studies. |
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Sunday, March 14,
12:00 p.m.
K & G Theatres, Bloomfield 8,
Bloomfield |
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VOICES FROM EL SAYED
Connecticut Premiere
Israel, 2009, 75 minutes, Hebrew,
Arabic and Sign language with
English subtitles
Director: Oded Adomi Leshem
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In the picturesque
Israeli Negev desert lays the
Bedouin village of El-Sayed. It has
the largest percentage of deaf
people in the world. Still, no
hearing aids can be seen because in
El-Sayed deafness is not a handicap.
Through the generations a unique
sign language has evolved making it
the most popular language in this
rare society that accepts deafness
as natural as life itself. The
village's tranquility is interrupted
by Salim's decision to change his
deaf son’s fate and make him a
hearing person using the Cochlear
Implant Operation provided by
Israeli doctors.
Emerging Artist Award, Full Frame
Documentary Film Festival |
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Sunday, March 14,
2:00 p.m.
K & G Theatres, Bloomfield 8,
Bloomfield |
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REFUSENIK
Connecticut Premiere
USA, 2007, 120
minutes, English, Hebrew and Russian
with English subtitles
Director: Laura Bialis
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This riveting
documentary chronicles the 30-year
international campaign to free
Soviet Jews. Told through the eyes
of activists on both sides of the
Iron Curtain, Refusenik is a
tapestry of first-person accounts of
heroism, sacrifice and liberation.
The Free Soviet Jewry movement led
to over one million Russian Jews
leaving the Soviet Union, changing
the course of Jewish history
forever. Exclusive interviews,
clandestine photographs, and
archival footage help tell this
inspiring true story of
freedom-seeking ordinary people who
cracked the wall of Soviet
Communism. |
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Sunday, March 14,
5:00 p.m.
K & G Theatres, Bloomfield 8,
Bloomfield |
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BRURIAH
Connecticut Premiere
Israel, 2008, 90
Minutes, Hebrew with English
subtitles
Director: Avraham Kushnir
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Bruriah, the outspoken
controversial wife of Rabbi Meir
from the second century CE, finds
her 20th century namesake and
counterpart in the modern-day
heroine of Avraham Kushnir’s debut
feature film. Against her husband’s
wishes, the strong-willed
contemporary Bruriah (Hadar Galron)
searches for a banned book written
about the legendary woman by her
father. The ancient Bruriah met her
downfall when seduced by a student,
prompting generations of rabbis to
teach that “women are light-headed.”
Will history repeat? This dramatic
multi-dimensional film is also about
the war between the sexes, marital
affairs and Orthodox women’s rights.
Bruriah will leave viewers of
both sexes with something to think
and argue about. |
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Sunday, March 14,
7:00 p.m.
K & G Theatres, Bloomfield 8,
Bloomfield |
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LEMON TREE
Hartford Premiere
Israel, Germany,
France, 2008, 106 minutes, Hebrew
and Arabic with English subtitles
Director: Eran Riklis
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Salma, a Palestinian
widow finds her family’s beloved
lemon grove threatened when the
country’s new Defense Minister moves
next door and deems the trees a
security risk that must be torn
down. Forced to take her seemingly
hopeless case to the Israeli Supreme
Court, she finds an unlikely ally in
the stubborn politician’s wife and a
young Palestinian lawyer. This
award-winning film turns a minor
backyard skirmish into an affective
parable of a politicized region.
Best Actress, Israeli Film Academy
Nominated for seven Israeli Academy
Awards
Audience Award, 2008, Berlin
International Film Festival
Lemon Tree will also be
screened on Wednesday, March 17,
9:15 p.m. at Criterion Cinema, Blue
Back Square, West Hartford. |
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Monday, March 15,
7:00 p.m.
Beth El Temple, West Hartford |
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LOVE AND DANCE
Connecticut Premiere
Israel, 2006, 90
minutes, Hebrew and Russian with
English subtitles
Director: Eitan Anner
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Israel’s answer to
Billy Elliot, this irresistible
multi-layered coming-of-age film
finds young Chen caught in the
clashing crossroads between his
lively Russian-born mother and
opinionated Israeli father. While
strolling the halls of his
neighborhood community center in
Ashdod, Chen stumbles upon a
children’s ballroom dance class and
is smitten by Natalie, a beautiful
young Russian girl. Infatuation
leads him to take lessons in the
hope of winning the final
competition. With a little help from
the Cha Cha and the Tango, Chen
bridges the culture gap of his
fractured family.
Invited Performers: Dance Students,
Fred Astaire Studio, West Hartford |
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Tuesday, March 16,
7:00 p.m.
Herbert Gilman Theater, Mandell JCC,
West Hartford |
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NO. 4 STREET OF OUR LADY
Connecticut Premiere
USA, 2008, 90 minutes,
English, Hebrew and Polish with
English subtitles
Directors: Barbara Bird, Judy Maltz
and Richie Sherman, Pennsylvania
State University
"Reel Talk"
Immediately following film
Invited Speakers:
Barbara Bird, Judy Maltz, Richie
Sherman, film directors
Grace Kuzcharzyk and Jolanta Staron,
granddaughters of Francisca
Halamajowa
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This is the
remarkable, yet little-known, story
of Righteous Gentile Francisca
Halamajowa, a Polish-Catholic woman
who rescued 16 of her Jewish
neighbors in the small Eastern
Polish town of Sokal during the
Holocaust, while cleverly passing
herself off as a Nazi sympathizer.
Francisca’s two granddaughters.
Grace Kucharzyk and Jolanta Staron
live in Greater Hartford and play a
prominent role in this award-winning
film. This stunning film draws on
excerpts from a diary kept by one of
the survivors, Moshe Maltz, whose
granddaughter is one of the
filmmakers. It also incorporates
remarkable testimonies from other
Jews she saved, her descendants and
former neighbors, as they reconnect
on a beautifully filmed trip back to
Sokal. Grand Prize,
Best Feature Documentary,
Rhode Island International Film
Festival, 2009
CINE Golden Eagle Award, 2009
Silver Palm Award, Mexico
International Film Festival, 2009 |
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Wednesday, March 17
2:00 PM Exclusively for Hebrew
Health Care residents
4:30 PM Free for seniors by advance
reservation only; limited seating
Herbert Health Care |
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CLOSE HARMONY
Senior Screen
USA, 1981, 28
minutes, English
Director: Nigel Noble
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A group of fourth and
fifth graders form an
intergenerational chorus with a
group of older adults. Brought
together by a dynamic music teacher,
Arlene Symons, and motivated by
their abilities, interest, and
enthusiasm for music, these children
and their older counterparts break
down the stereotypical image of
aging in this delightfully warm
documentary. Best
Short Documentary, Academy Awards,
1981
EMMY Award, 1982 |
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FROM SHTETL TO SWING
USA, 2005, 52 minutes,
English and Yiddish with English
subtitles
Director: Fabienne Rousso-Lenoir
Immediately
following Close Harmony
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Between 1880 and 1924,
2.5 million Jews fled persecution in
Russia and Eastern Europe, kissed
the shtetl goodbye and migrated to
America. Turning a fresh, playful
eye to the cultural attitudes and
musical styles that proliferated
throughout this extraordinarily rich
period, from Yiddish theater to
musical extravaganza, from klezmer
to ragtime, from symphonic jazz to
swing - all the way from the Bowery
to Tin Pan Alley to Broadway to
Hollywood –From Shtetl to Swing
tells the story of a musical
metamorphosis born in darkest Russia
only to blaze across the Great White
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Wednesday, March
17, 7:00 p.m.
Criterion Cinema, Blue Back Square,
West Hartford |
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FOR MY FATHER
Hartford Premiere
Israel, 2008, 102
minutes, Hebrew and
Arabic with English
subtitles
Director: Dror
Zahavi
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"Reel Talk" Immediately
following film
Invited
Speakers:
Dr. Donna Robinson Divine,
Morningstar
Family
Professor of Jewish Studies
and Professor of Government,
Smith
College, Amherst, MA
Dr. Moises Salinas, Chief
Diversity
Officer and
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology,
Central
Connecticut State
University, New Britain, CT
Guest
Moderator: From Hartford
Courant/FOX CT/WTXX
Tarek, a
young Palestinian sent on a
suicide bombing mission
inside Israel to redeem his
family’s honor, is given a
second chance when the
switch fails to detonate on
his explosive vest. Stranded
in Tel Aviv for 48 hours
awaiting its repair, Tarek
develops deep and profound
connections with three
Israelis whose lives
intersect with his. Among
them is beautiful Keren, who
has cut off contact with her
Orthodox family. An unlikely
love between born enemies
blooms by weekend’s end,
when Tarek must make the
decision of his life.
Winner, Moscow International Film
Festival 2008
Best Film, Sofia Film Festival,
Bulgaria, 2009
Winner, Audience Award, Cinequest
Film Festival
Grand Prix Award, Best Feature Film
Nominated for seven Israeli Academy
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Wednesday, March
17, 9:15 p.m.
Criterion Cinema, Blue Back Square,
West Hartford |
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LEMON TREE
Israel, 2008, Germany,
France, Israel, 106 minutes, Hebrew
and Arabic with English subtitles
Director: Eran Riklis
Encore Presentation
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Salma, a Palestinian
widow finds her family’s beloved
lemon grove threatened when the
country’s new Defense Minister moves
next door and deems the trees a
security risk that must be torn
down. Forced to take her seemingly
hopeless case to the Israeli Supreme
Court, she finds an unlikely ally in
the stubborn politician’s wife and a
young Palestinian lawyer. This
award-winning film turns a minor
backyard skirmish into an affective
parable of a politicized region. |
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Wine & Food Event
March 18 Yosefa Drescher Fine
Arts invites you to a free pre-movie
art,photography, wine and food event on
Thursday, March 18, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.,at
"art-full" gallery in Blue Back Square,
63 Raymond Rd, opposite REI. (Purchase
your tickets first, films sell out
quickly!) |
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Thursday, March 18,
7:00 p.m.
Criterion Cinema, Blue Back Square,
West Hartford |
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LA
CAMERA OBSCURA
Connecticut Premiere
Argentina and
France, 2008, 86 minutes. Spanish
and Yiddish with English subtitles
Director: Maria Victoria Menis
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This luminous feature
is set in an agrarian Jewish colony
in the late 1800s in scenic Entre
Rios Province, Argentina. Marked as
“ugly” and made virtually invisible
by her family, Gertrudis retreats
into her inner world. Finally
married off to a wealthy but
indifferent husband, she raises a
family, shielding her face from
group photos. It takes one soulful
itinerant photographer to recognize
her rich imagination and unleash the
beautiful woman inside. Sumptuously
photographed with artistic imagery,
this is an innovative love story
which captures a rarely seen period
in South American Jewish life.
Nominated for 8 Argentinean Film
Critics Association Awards
Grand Prize, Pays de Caux
International Latin Film Festival,
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Thursday, March 18,
9:15 p.m.
Criterion Cinema, Blue Back Square,
West Hartford |
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THE DEBT
Connecticut Premiere
Israel, 2007, 93 minutes, Hebrew
and German with English subtitles
Director: Assaf Bernstein |
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Israeli diva Gila
Almagor heads a stellar
international cast in this
ticking-clock espionage thriller as
Rachel, a former Mossad
agent-turned-war hero. She was part
of a trio of spies hailed for
hunting down and killing Max Rainer,
the Nazi Surgeon of Birkenau in
1964. Rachel is drawn back to her
past when a man claiming to be the
real Rainer surfaces in Kiev three
decades later. The tense action
flashes between the 1960s and the
present as their tangled web of lies
unravels, threatening to expose the
truth. Nominated for
4 Israeli Academy Awards |
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Saturday, March 20,
8:30 p.m.
Aetna Theater, Wadsworth Atheneum
Museum of Art |
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MEESKEIT
USA, 2009, 7 Minutes,
English
Director: Neil Ira Needleman;
Illustrations: Herb Rogoff
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This is the poignant
animated short story of two ugly
people ("meeskeits," in Yiddish) and
the beautiful relationship they
never had. |
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A
MATTER OF SIZE
Connecticut Premiere
Israel, 2009, 92 minutes, Hebrew and
Japanese with English subtitles
Directors: Sharon Maymon and Erez
Tadmor.
Immediately following Meeskeit
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Herzl, (Itzik Cohen) a
340-pound chef who lives with his
mother, is fed up with rigid diet
regimes and abusive weight loss
clubs. Just as he and his seriously
overweight buddies in the
working-class town of Ramle seem
beaten down, Herzl meets Kitano, a
Sushi restaurant owner, and
discovers the one place where big
guys can become rock stars: Japanese
sumo wrestling. This endearing and
poignant comedy traces their tender
and funny paths from body shame to
body celebration, and from
loneliness to love. Rich in belly
laughs, A Matter of Size tops the
scales with its plus-size heart.
Winner, four 2009 Ophir Awards,
Israeli Film and Television Academy |
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Sunday, March 21,
12:00 p.m.
K & G Theatres, Bloomfield 8,
Bloomfield |
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THE FIRST BASKET
Connecticut Premiere
USA, 86 minutes,
English
Director: David Vyorst
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This jaunty
documentary about Hebrew hoopsters
is a valuable reminder that before
LeBron and Kobe, there was Inky,
Hank and Ossie! For nearly three
decades, basketball was dominated by
Jewish players - and coaches who
found the sport an ideal vehicle for
assimilation in the United States.
The First Basket rounds up many
Jewish veterans, some now deceased,
to tell stories of a sporting
tradition that continues in Israel
today. Full of vivid anecdotes and
distinctive characters, this film is
slam dunk March madness
entertainment for the whole family.
Appropriate for all ages. |
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Sunday, March 21
K & G Theatres, Bloomfield 8,
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Pride, Honor and Courage: Jewish
Women Remember World War II
USA, 2009, 35 minutes, English
Director: Alexis Bravos
Immediately following The First
Basket |
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Greater Hartford
Jewish women who served in the
military and on the home front
during World War II tell their
stories of friendship, adventure and
sacrifice and opportunity. Blending
narrative, original photos,
memorabilia, historical news footage
and music, this important
documentary captures the voices and
memories of women of the Greatest
Generation. |
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Sunday, March 21,
3:00 p.m.
K & G Theatres, Bloomfield 8,
Bloomfield |
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ELI AND BEN
Hartford Premiere
Israel, 2008, 90 minutes, Hebrew
with English titles
Director: Ori Ravid |
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In Ori Ravid’s debut
feature coming-of-age film,
heartthrob Lior Ashkenazi (Walk
on Water) plays father and
husband Ben, the city architect of
the Tel Aviv suburb, Herzliya. Ben’s
father, also an architect, is about
to win the Israel Prize. Ben’s son,
Eli, is 12. Watching the police take
his father into custody changes
everything for Eli. When the police
question him about his father’s
actions, Eli begins to feel like a
double agent. |
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Sunday, March 21,
5:00 p.m.
K & G Theatres, Bloomfield 8,
Bloomfield |
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LETTERS FOR
JENNY
Connecticut Premiere
Argentina, Israel and Spain, 2007,
96 minutes, Spanish and Hebrew with
English subtitles
Director: Diego Musiak |
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This unapologetically
sentimental rite-of-passage film
will surely elicit tears and tender
emotion. Having lost her mother to a
terminal illness, Jenny enters her
teenage years after a
bittersweet Bat Mitzvah. Despite a
caring and devoted father, a series
of letters from her late mother are
Jenny’s only comfort in times of
crisis and confusion. Traveling from
South America to Israel, Jenny
reconnects with her Jewish identity
and a handsome childhood friend now
serving in the Israel Defense
Forces. A feisty lead performance
from Argentine actress Gimena
Accardi fuels this picturesque tale
that tugs deeply at the ties that
bind in surprising new ways.
Appropriate for ages 13+ |
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Sunday, March 21,
7:00 p.m.
K & G Theatres, Bloomfield 8,
Bloomfield |
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SAVIORS IN
THE NIGHT
Connecticut Premiere
Germany and France, 2009, 100
minutes, German and French with
English subtitles
Director: Ludi Boeken
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Adapted from Marge
Spiegel’s stirring memoir, this is
the riveting true story of
courageous Westphalian German
farmers who risked their own lives
and sheltered Jewish friends from
the Nazis. Genial Jewish horse
trader Menne Spiegel (Armin Rohde)
won an Iron Cross fighting for
Germany in World War I but now he
and his family are marked for
murder. Desperate, he turns to
neighbor Heinrich Aschoff (Martin
Horn) who immediately offers to take
in Menne's wife Marga (Veronica
Ferres) and their young daughter.
Hiding for two years and running
from nosy SS officers,
over-enthusiastic Hitler Youth and
frightened citizens, the Spiegels
struggle to get by. At film’s end,
the appearance of characters whose
real life stories are told adds
depth to a fine production filled
with emotional power and a constant
sense of dread. |
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Monday, March 22,
7:00 p.m.
Wilde Auditorium, Harry Jack Gray
Center, University of Hartford |
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Tribute: Observations on Survival and
Spirit
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the Kirstein Family Fund for
Holocaust Education at the Jewish
Community Foundation of Greater
Hartford for making this second
annual evening of short films
possible. The selection committee
viewed more than 50 entries from
around the world, selecting eight
titles for screening and
conversation. A “Reel Talk” audience
discussion will be led by Professor
Avinoam Patt, Philip D. Feltman
Professor of Modern Jewish History,
Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic
Studies, University of Hartford. A
dessert reception follows. |
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HOLDING
LEAH
Germany and USA, 2005, 7 minutes,
English
Director: Myriam Halberstam |
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Leah is a beautiful
baby with bright blue eyes - eyes
that might have permitted her to
survive Hitler's Third Reich because
they might have seemed so "Aryan." |
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PIGEON
Canada, 2007, 11 minutes, German
with English subtitles
Director: Anthony Green
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Set during World War
II and based on a true story, Pigeon
recounts a rare and startling act of
charity. Sumptuously shot and
emotionally affecting, this film
stars Academy Award nominee Michael
Lerner and Wendy Crewson.
Special Jury Award, Houston World
Fest. |
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SARAH AND
HAYAH
Israel, 2008, Animated short,
2 minutes, English
Director: Adi Targownik |
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Inspired by his 85
year old grandmother, Hayah Zisel,
filmmaker Adi Targownik’s 3D
animated short tells the story of
two girls – Hayah and her sister
Sarah - on a train bound for their
deaths in 1944. But only one of them
is really there. His unusual
computer cartoon-shading technique
creates a distinct tribute "in
memory of those who were killed." |
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THE NEXT
HARVEST
USA, 2009, 12 minutes, English
A work in progress
Director: Glenn Orkin |
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In the Fall of 2008, a
Jew from Gloucester, Massachusetts
bought a house in picturesque
Oppenheim, Germany. He became the
first Jew to live in that city since
the director’s mother, Marianne
Orkin of Waterbury, CT, fled the
Nazis with her brother and parents
in 1941. The Next Harvest,
filmed on location in this small
city on the Rhine, will link viewers
to the past through the story of the
director’s grandfather, Carl Newman,
once a respected Oppenheim vintner
and last head of its thriving Jewish
community. |
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THE WALL
USA, 2008, 7 minutes
Director: Michael Lloyd Green |
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"The Wall" is a
glimpse into the life of Bernard, a
New York City cellist who, after
years of struggling against
unbearable guilt, finds little
solace in the world, save for his
music. As Bernard’s fate hangs in
the balance, a woman moves next door
who shares not only his passion for
music but is herself no stranger to
tragedy.
Best Use of Music: Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences College
Award, 2008 Best
Graduate Student Film: Rhode Island
Film Festival, 2008. |
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TORTE BLUMA
USA, 2005, 18 minutes, English
Director: Benjamin Ross |
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Real-life Franz Stangl,
the Commandant of the Treblinka
extermination camp from 1942 to
1943, enjoyed a most unusual
relationship with the Jewish slave
who cooked his meals. Teetering on
the brink of insanity, their daily
rituals were held together by a
tenuous thread—until the cargo train
brought a surprising arrival.
Best Drama, Los
Angeles International Short Film
Festival
Best Film, Palm Springs
International Festival of Short
Films
Official Selection, Edinburgh
International Film Festival
Contains mature thematic
Holocaust material with graphic
images, recommended for high school
age and above. |
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TOYLAND
Germany, 13 minutes, German with
English subtitles
Director: Jochen Alexander Freydank |
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1942: What happens
when a German child believes that
his Jewish neighbors are going to
Toyland? A story about lies and
guilt. Best Live
Action Short, Academy Awards 2008 |
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WRITING
DACHAU
United Kingdom, 2008, 7 minutes,
English
Director: Genevieve Simms |
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In 1945, the Dachau
concentration camp was liberated by
American troops. Among them was a
young American journalist,
Marguerite Higgins, on the biggest
war reporting job of her career up
to that point. Beyond the objective
history recording, there was always
a human being behind the pen and the
camera lens who personally
experienced the discovery of such
atrocities.
Contains mature thematic Holocaust
materials with graphic images,
recommended for high school age and
above. Audience
Award, The Imperial War Museum’s
Student Film Festival, 2006
Los Angeles Holocaust Memorial
Museum Award, 2009 |
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Tuesday, March 23,
7:00 p.m.
Herbert Gilman Theater, Mandell
Jewish Community Center |
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New! Silent Film,
Live Music! |
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Hungry
Hearts Interview (click
here)
Jewish Ledger 2/12/10 |
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HUNGRY
HEARTS
Connecticut Premiere
USA, 1922, 80 minutes, Silent with
English Intertitles
Director: E. Mason Hopper
Restored by the
National Center for
Jewish Film,
Brandeis University
Featuring original
score composed and
performed live by
student musicians
from The Hartt
School, University
of Hartford
Closing Reception,
Chase Family Gallery
following film and
concert |
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This classic Jewish
silent film is a Hollywood adaptation of
the short stories of Anzia Yezierska,
the first writer to bring stories of
American Jewish women to a mainstream
audience.
Hungry Hearts
focuses on the hopes and hardships of
the Levin family. Filmed on New York's
Lower East Side, it is the bittersweet
tale of Jewish immigrants from Eastern
Europe making their way in the New
World. The screening will feature an
original score composed and performed
‘live-to-picture’ by seventy student
musicians from The Hartt School,
University of Hartford, under the
instruction of award-winning composer
Joseph Turrin and the direction of Glen
Adsit.
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The Hartt School,
University of Hartford
On Closing Night, The Hartt School,
University of Hartford and the Hartford
Jewish Film Festival bring back the
almost-lost art of the silent film era
when live musicians played onstage
accompanying an on-screen movie. Join us
for a musical grand finale evening in
the Herbert Gilman Theater, followed by
a dessert reception.
Glen Adsit, Associate Director of
Instrumental Studies Division and
Director of Bands
Matthew Aubin, Associate Director of
Bands
Dr. Robert Carl, Chairman/Professor of
Composition
Joseph Turrin, Faculty, Composition and
Film Scoring
Student Composers, The Hartt
School
Eunsook Baek
Jonathan Dostou
Matthew Ferrandino
Joshua Hummel
Daniel Morel
Sean Pallatroni
The Ensemble, The Hartt School
Symphony Band |
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Click here to
download ticket order form |
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Program subject to change.
All events under Hartford Kashrut
Commission supervision |
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Contact:
Harriet J. Dobin, Director and Press,
860-231-6350,
hdobin@mandelljcc.org
14th Annual Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish
Film Festival
Zachs Campus
335 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117 |
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